Peace Corps

News about the Peace Corps, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 14, 2015

Retiring column; volunteer organizations like Rotary Club and Peace Corps are taking advantage of growing number of retirees who wish to volunteer, offering them opportunities to keep busy and give back. MORE

Dec. 29, 2014

Editorial applauds provision within federal spending bill that eases 1979 rule prohibiting Pace Corps from providing abortion coverage to female volunteers, provision already afforded to Medicaid recipients, women in the military and other federal government employees; urges Pres Obama to eliminate similar blanket ban on use of American foreign aid to pay for abortions overseas. MORE

Nov. 25, 2014

Report by Peace Corps inspector general finds that Peace Corps doctor Jin Gao 'failed to use prudent judgment' when treating Nick Castle, volunteer who died in China after gastrointestinal illness; report documents a number of medical lapses and strongly suggests that Castle's life could have been saved. MORE

Jul. 31, 2014

Peace Corps is temporarily withdrawing 340 volunteers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone; says two volunteers have been isolated and are under observation after being exposed to a person who later died of the Ebola virus. MORE

Jul. 26, 2014

Investigation into 2013 death of Peace Corps volunteer Nick Castle in China concludes that Peace Corps doctor missed signs of serious illness, but Castle's death could not have been prevented; Castle, three months before he died, suffered gastrointestinal problems and complained to his Peace Corps doctor of worrisome weight loss; story raises questions about agency's medical care. MORE

Jul. 25, 2014

Peace Corps is suspending its programs in Kenya because of security concerns and is pulling more than 50 volunteers out of the country until threats to safety decrease. MORE

Jun. 14, 2014

Editorial urges Congress to repeal prohibition on abortion coverage included in health care package for Peace Corps volunteers; notes that women make up over 60 percent of volunteers, and often serve in places where they are vulnerable to sexual assault; argues that proposed repeal would merely extend to women in Peace Corps same coverage available to other people who work for government and Medicaid recipients. MORE

Aug. 22, 2012

Peace Corps director Aaron S Williams is stepping down from his post after three years. MORE

Dec. 22, 2011

Peace Corps will pull out of Honduras and stop sending new volunteers to Guatemala and El Salvador in response to increasing drug and organized-crime violence in Central America. MORE

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World Briefing

The Peace Corps said that it was temporarily withdrawing the volunteers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and that two volunteers had been isolated after being exposed to a person who died of the Ebola virus.

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